Improvement in firkins



Firkins.

Patented August 19, 1873.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFIGE.

CLARK ALVORD, OFl WESTFORD, W'ISCONSIN.V

IMPROVEMEN'l IN FIRKINS.

Specication `forming part of Letters Patent No. 141,847, dated August19, 1873; application tiled March 17, 1873.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARK ALvoED, of Westford, county of Dodge and Stateof `Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFirkins, of which the followin g is a specification:

The nature of my invention relates to an improvement in rkins; andconsists in a cylinder, of any suitable material, clamped between twowooden headsby means of rods or nuts, or their equivalents, so as toform a barrel, cask, or rkin, for storing away materials of all kinds,or for transporting them from one place to another.

The accompanying drawing represents a side elevation of my invention.

u represents a cylinder or vessel, of any required shape or size, andmade from earthen ware, glass, wood, metal, or any suitable material,and which is held between the two wooden heads c by means of the rods z.Each of these heads has a circular groove cut in its inner side, so asto receiveKthe cylinder and make a tight joint. The heads project outbeyond the cylinder and form edges, on which the cask may be freelyrolled from one place to the other, and thus save the necessity ofcarrying it during transportation.

This article makes a very desirable irkin It is especially adapted fortranspor- Y

